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Retired Israeli Air Force pilots protest against the war in Gaza outside the country’s defense ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv on August 12, 2025 Itay Stern NPR hide caption toggle caption Itay Stern NPR TEL AVIV — Thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets every week to protest the ongoing war in Gaza and the government’s failure to bring home Israeli hostages. But on Tuesday, a different kind of demonstration took place: hundreds of retired Israeli Air Force pilots rallied against the waroutside the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv. It was the first time the group, which calls itself…

Hrithik Roshan, Jr NTR and Kiara Advani headline the cast of ‘War 2’. In childhood, we were attracted to comic digests by their girth. One used to believe that the more the stories, the more the fun. The pages were glossy, and the packaging used to be fetching. However, the excitement often dissipated into disappointment when one discovered that it was a marketing gimmick, where the publishers added only a couple of new adventures of our favourite characters, the rest were just a repetition.Ayan Mukerji’s sequel to War gives the same feeling of a recycled product that shines. It starts with a…

In India, organ transplant recipients are leading full, productive lives — working, raising families and contributing to society. Yet for most, the door to health insurance remains firmly closedDespite advances in medicine and decades of evidence that well-managed transplant patients can remain stable for years, insurers routinely reject applications from post-transplant recipients, citing ‘high risk’ without producing any actuarial data to prove it. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI),tasked with protecting policyholders, has neither mandated coverage nor ensured transparency in underwriting criteria.This is not a theoretical grievance. In 2019, I became India’s first heart transplant recipient to…

Texas state Senator Carol Alvarado, a Democrat, speaks in a crowd of other Democratic state lawmakers outside the Massachusetts State House on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025 in Boston. Leah Willingham/AP hide caption toggle caption Leah Willingham/AP President Trump sparked a national sprint to redistrict when he asked Texas Republicans to draw five more congressional seats for the GOP in their state ahead of next year’s elections. In response, Democratic and Republican leaders in at least seven other states have said they’re open to moving their political lines in the fight over the U.S. House, but that means very different things…

Chelsea Premier League 2025 Full Schedule, Fixtures, Match List, Dates, Venue: Chelsea have had quite the time towards the end of last season, winning the UEFA Conference League and the Club World Cup, with the latter coming after they handed European champions PSG a sound thrashing. They have made eight additions to their squad this season and it looks like more could come. Even then, it is considerably less compared to the madcap splurge they have notoriously gone on in the recent past, leading to the dressing room not having enough space to fit the players. Chelsea’s season starts with…

Telegram said its moderators were using AI tools to monitor public parts of the platform to remove millions of malicious messages every day [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS WhatsApp said Russia was trying to block its services because the social media messaging app owned by Meta Platforms offered people’s right to secure communication, and vowed to continue trying to make encrypted services available in Russia.Russia has started restricting some Telegram and WhatsApp calls, accusing the foreign-owned platforms of failing to share information with law enforcement in fraud and terrorism cases.”WhatsApp is private, end-to-end encrypted, and defies government attempts to violate…

8 a.m. Breakfast on the patio of a historic log cabin This is Wyoming, where many early settlers in what is now Grand Teton and elsewhere often staked their claims to public land under the Homestead Act of 1862 by building rustic, one-room homes. So it’s only fitting to start the day with breakfast in a 1911 log cabin listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Cafe Genevieve, with a shaded, peaceful patio, is just the spot for vacation fare like chicken and waffles ($22) or breakfast s’mores ($20) — Nutella french toast with toasted marshmallow graham cracker crumble.…

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the US administration was making “sincere efforts” to resolve the conflict in Ukraine and suggested Moscow and Washington could reach a deal on nuclear arms control. Speaking at a Kremlin meeting with Russia’s most senior military and civilian officials, Putin said that he was informing them of the state of play in negotiations on Ukraine with the United States, and bilateral talks with Kyiv. “I would like to tell you about the stage we are at with the current American administration, which, as everyone knows, is making, in my opinion, quite energetic…

The S&P Global logo. | Photo Credit: Reuters The ratings agency S&P Global has after an 18-year gap upgraded India’s rating, to BBB from BBB-, citing the country’s “economic resilience and fiscal consolidation”. S&P also kept India’s long-term outlook as ‘stable’. In a post on X, the Ministry of Finance welcomed the decision, saying it underscored the stability provided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership.“The upgrade of India reflects its buoyant economic growth, against the backdrop of an enhanced monetary policy environment that anchors inflationary expectations,” S&P Global said. “Together with the government’s commitment to fiscal consolidation and efforts to improve…

For the most part, Bollywood is a world few ever leave willingly. Many who enter continue working until their last breath or until they slip to the bottom of the call sheet. Yet, there are rare exceptions, and one of the most striking is actor Vyjayanthimala. Born into a traditional family in Chennai, she stepped into films, matched the best in the business at their own game, and then chose to walk away long before anyone could catch up. In a recent interview, Vyjayanthimala discussed the events leading up to her exit from the film industry and how she wasn’t…